NMLP P-014500 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri · Houghton Mifflin · 2003

The US Houghton Mifflin hardcover of 2003 is the true first; the UK Flamingo edition followed. The hardcover precedes all later Mariner trade paperbacks.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014500 for "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014500, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).